Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
91
/100
Trajectory Rank
Business
AI chips
Founded
10 years ago
2017
HQ
Valuation
$4.4 billion
Company type
Private - Venture-Backed
Lightmatter is an AI chips company with 59 job openings. It is currently valued at $4.4 billion as a private company. The company was founded in 2017.
Company grid
Employee happiness →
Growth →
🚀
🐢
😊
😟
Jobs
Open jobs
59
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
20
(34%)
2.
Engineering (Hardware)
8
(14%)
3.
Artificial Intelligence
3
(5%)
4.
Research
3
(5%)
5.
Business Operations & Program Management
2
(3%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🇺🇸 United States
45
(76%)
2.
🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area
38
(64%)
3.
🇺🇸 Boston
20
(34%)
4.
🇨🇦 Canada
19
(32%)
5.
🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada
19
(32%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
Python
36
(61%)
2.
MATLAB
12
(20%)
3.
Git
8
(14%)
4.
Linux
6
(10%)
5.
C++
5
(8%)
Financials
Valuation
$4.4billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Oct 2024
Latest secondary valuation
$5.5billion
25% from last round
Estimate as of Jun 30, 2026
Data source: Caplight
Most recent funding
2 years ago ($400 million)
Total funding
$822 million
Actual value 'created' (valuation - total funding)
+$3.6 billion
Lead Investors - Series A
Spark Capital
MatrixGoogle Ventures
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
81%
30+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Better than 82% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Nick Harris
82%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Rankings and awards
Hiive50 #12
Most liquid private companies
2026
TrueUp Hardware 50
2026
Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers #162
2026
Career-Launching Companies (by Aakash Gupta)
2025
Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers #248
2025
Fortune 50 AI Innovators
2024
Layoffs
No known layoffs
Policies
Open jobs that are remote
2% (1 jobs)
H1B sponsorships (2025)
17
TrueUp
Rank
#402